Regulation 2 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(e)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(f)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(g)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(h)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(a)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(b)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(c)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2015 reg. 2(2)(d)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Driving and Motorcycle Riding Instructors (Recognition of European Professional Qualifications) 2016 reg. 7(2)
reg. 2(1) words omitted by Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements 2023 Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
reg. 2(1) words inserted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2014 reg. 2(2)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) 2017 reg. 2(2)

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;
“approved driving instructor” means a person whose name is entered in the register;
“continued ability and fitness test” means the test of continued ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of motor cars or appropriate motor cars referred to respectively in sections 125(5) and 125B(6)(b) of the Act and the nature and content of which is prescribed in regulation 12;
“driving ability and fitness test” means the practical test of driving ability and fitness to drive referred to in sections 125(3)(a) and 125A(6)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 6;
“examination” means the examination of ability to give instruction in the driving of motor cars referred to in sections 125(3)(a) and 125A(6)(a) of the Act;
“examiner”, in relation to part of the examination or the continued ability and fitness test, means an officer of the Secretary of State or any other person appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct that part of the examination or that test;
“instructional ability and fitness test” means the practical test of ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of motor cars referred to in sections 125(3)(a) and 125A(6)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 7 of these Regulations;
“licence” means a licence to give driving instruction granted under section 129 of the Act;
“the register” has the meaning given by section 123(1)(a) of the Act;
“the Registrar” means the officer of the Secretary of State by whom the register is, on behalf of the Secretary of State, compiled and maintained; and
“written examination” means the written examination referred to in sections 125(3)(a) and 125A(6)(a) of the Act and the nature of which is prescribed in regulation 5 of these Regulations.

(2)

In these Regulations a reference to part of the examination is a reference to one of the 3 parts of the examination set out in regulation 3(2).